Meaning & use

rousable

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Capable of being roused, awakened, or stirred into action or emotion.

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The patient remained rousable but drowsy throughout the examination.

A crowd this rousable could be turned into a movement with the right speech.

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Often used in medical contexts to describe a patient's level of consciousness, as in rousable to voice.

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